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Latin
Etymology
Possibly contracted from *edipulum, from edō.
Pronunciation
Noun
epulum n (genitive epulī); second declension
- feast, banquet, festive entertainment
- Synonyms: epulae, convīvium, dominium, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps, alogia
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.78–80:
- “Tū mihi quodcumque hoc rēgnī, tū scēptra Iovemque
conciliās, tū dās epulīs accumbere dīvum,
nimbōrumque facīs tempestātumque potentem.”- “You for me whatsoever sort of kingdom this , you secure a scepter and Jupiter, you grant to recline at the feasts of the gods, and you confer power of clouds and of storms.”
(King Aeolus speaks with humble respect to Queen Juno; note the word repetition or anaphora: “You…, you…, you…, you….”)
- (in the plural) dishes, meats.
- (in the plural, figuratively) food.
Usage notes
The plural form epulae may be used separately as a plurale tantum.
Declension
This noun is heterogeneous, having neuter second declension in the singular and feminine first declension in the plural.
Second-declension noun (neuter) or first-declension noun.
It, however, may later be found in the standard
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “epulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “epulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "epulum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- epulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to load the tables with the most exquisite viands: mensas exquisitissimis epulis instruere (Tusc. 5. 21. 62)
- (ambiguous) during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
- (ambiguous) to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
- “epulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers